On Four Poorly Known Species of Spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae and Lycosidae) Described by T. Thorell from Crimea

: Kovblyuk M, Marusik Y, Omelko M

Publisher: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences * Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

: 2013

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

: Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

: Acta Zool.Bulg.

: 4

: 65

: 4

: 423

: 427

: 5

: 0324-0770

: http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/downloads/acta-zoologica-bulgarica/2013/65-4-.pdf

Type specimens of four species described by Thorell (1875) from South Ukraine and originally attributed to Prosthesima L. Koch, 1872 and Tarentula Sundevall, 1831 were re-examined for the first time and four new synonyms are proposed: Prosthesima nitida Thorell, 1875 n. syn. = Drassyllits pusillus (C.L. Koch, 1833); Prosthesima rufipes Thorell, 1875 n. syn. = Poecilochroa senilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872); Zelotes kukushkini Kovblyuk, 2006 n. syn. = Zelotes fuscus (Thorell, 1875); Deliriosa karadagensis Kovblyuk, 2009 n. syn. = Deliriosa chiragrica (Thorell, 1875) n. comb. for Tarentula chiragrica Thorell, 1875. In addition it was found that a record of Zelotes femellus from Crimea actually refers to Zelotes hermani (Chyzer, 1897). Lectotype made is designated for Zelotes fuscus. Diagnostic figures for Zelotes fuscus and Deliriosa chiragrica are provided.

Crimea, misidentification, new synonym, South Ukraine, spiders, Thorell, Zoology